Jack’s Winning Words 10/15/20 “The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.”  (Jane Goodall)  Chimps do have voices that most of us don’t understand, but Jane does and has given her life to speaking up on their behalf.  There are people who, for some reason, can’t speak for themselves and are being taken advantage of.  Let’s be thankful for the “Jane Goodalls” who speak for them.     Call these “Janes,” do gooders, but I think that world is better off because of them.  ;-)  Jack FROM SF:  We just watched a Netflix documentary called “Crip Camp”. I think that you and Joan will really appreciate it. It’s about a group of handicapped kids who go to summer camp each year and eventually become activists for the passage of Section 504 of the ADA. It is an amazing story. Sad that it took so long to pass and that it required such a strenuous journey. Inspiring people who found their collective voice and used it for good.===JACK:  Some people think that Jane is nuts, that people who care about the voiceless are quacks.  IMO, the world is a better place because of them.  FROM OUTHOUSE JUDY:  Does that include the unborn babies?===JACK:  That's an interesting question and deserves more than a YES or NO answer.  Good people are Pro-Life and good people are Pro-Choices.  Does one group have the right to choose that which affects the whole group?  The issue involves religious views, medical views and should "a questionable" law be passed that affects all?  I know that I've been dancing around the issue, but I do so, because there seems to be no clear-cut solution.  I'm satisfied to let those who want to avoid abortion do so (Let Catholic Hospitals refuse to perform the procedure).  Roe v. Wade is contentious.  Repealing that law would be contentious, too.  In a land of free speech, let religious groups and all persons express their views.  Speaking for the unborn is something some do, but others do not consider that to be the issue. ===OJ:   I truly can’t imagine anyone...especially Christians, can condone abortion at birth. It’s unimaginable!  Abortion is an abomination at anytime but this late term abortion is just plain murder.  I know of three couples who would take any of these babies.===JACK:  That's one of the issues that is open for ethical discussion.  Not all Pro-Choice believe it's black & white...where to draw the line...but most P-Cs believe that it is not something to be decided by a group of politicians.===[OJ:  It had been decided but not by politicians.  But by the Word of God===JACK:  But, the Bible is the book of the Christians and Jews, just part of America.  BTW< speaking for the voiceless, how about those who choose to be vegan?  I have grandchildren who are vegetarian/vegan for that very reason.   FROM BLAZING OAKS:  iF IT WAS CRAZIER THAN NOW, I WASN'T AWARE!! THE WHOLE WORLD IS A MESS!!! :-(===JACK:  Think back....to the 60s...Viet Nam protests...Kent State...the assassinations of Jack and Bobby Kennedy and MLK Jr. and you saw what happened during peaceful protest.  I guess sometimes the tummy ache we have NOW seems more painful that the toothache we had years ago.  ...just some rambling as I think back.===OAKS:  i GUESS i WAS TOO BUSY RAISING A FAMILY AND DOING MY CHURCH WORK TO DWELL ON THESE THINGS, BUT OF COURSE WE MARCHED FOR AND WITH /DR. KING, AND I ILL NEVER FORGET JACK KENNEDY'S ASSASINATION...i WAS IN THE DENTIST'S CHAIR (HE BELONGED TO OUR DIXON CHURCH, AND WAS NOT A FAN OFKENNEDY,) SO I WAS DEVASTATED, and HIS COMMENT WAS, "WELL THAT'S NOT THE WAY TO DO THINGS IN AMERICA" BUT HE'S NO BIG LOSS, IN MY OPINION! "   NOW THAT I KNOW ALL THE IMMORAL THINGS THAT WENT ON DURING HIS ADMINISTRATION, WITH AFFAIRS, ETC. HE DOESN'T HOLD SUCH A HIGH REGARD  IN MY OPINION!===JACK:  I was referring to "the state of the country then, as compared to now.  Today is not necessarily the worst.  The Great Depression and WW 2 days, in their own way, were worse than today...or just as bad....and, with regard to affairs, Donald probably could teach Jack a few things.